# Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly

The men's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1996 Summer Olympics took place on 24 July at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
| World record | Denis Pankratov (RUS) | 52.32 | Vienna, Austria | 23 August 1995 |
| Olympic record | Anthony Nesty (SUR) | 53.00 | Seoul, South Korea | 21 September 1988 |
The following records were established during the competition:
| Date | Round | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| 24 July | Heat 7 | Scott Miller | Australia | 52.89 | OR |
| 24 July | Final A | Denis Pankratov | Russia | 52.27 | WR |

## Results
### Heats

Rule: The eight fastest swimmers advance to final A (Q), while the next eight to final B (q).
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | 4 | Scott Miller | Australia | 52.89 | Q, OR |
| 2 | 8 | 4 | Denis Pankratov | Russia | 52.96 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | 7 | Pavlo Khnykin | Ukraine | 53.25 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 8 | 2 | Jiang Chengji | China | 53.40 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | 2 | Stephen Clarke | Canada | 53.41 | Q |
| 5 | 8 | 3 | Rafał Szukała | Poland | 53.41 | Q |
| 7 | 7 | 5 | Michael Klim | Australia | 53.42 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | Vladislav Kulikov | Russia | 53.54 | Q |
| 9 | 7 | 3 | Mark Henderson | United States | 53.58 | q |
| 10 | 8 | 6 | Péter Horváth | Hungary | 53.69 | q |
| 11 | 7 | 6 | James Hickman | Great Britain | 53.73 | q |
| 12 | 6 | 3 | Franck Esposito | France | 53.77 | q |
| 13 | 4 | 5 | Ricardo Busquets | Puerto Rico | 53.90 | q, NR |
| 13 | 4 | 3 | Francisco Sánchez | Venezuela | 53.90 | q, WD, NR |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Takashi Yamamoto | Japan | 53.95 | q, NR |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Edward Parenti | Canada | 54.03 | q |
| 17 | 6 | 5 | John Hargis | United States | 54.06 | q |
| 18 | 8 | 5 | Denys Sylantyev | Ukraine | 54.33 | |
| 19 | 6 | 6 | Lars Frölander | Sweden | 54.37 | |
| 20 | 8 | 8 | Yukihiro Matsushita | Japan | 54.50 | |
| 21 | 5 | 6 | Andrey Gavrilov | Kazakhstan | 54.56 | NR |
| 21 | 6 | 7 | Oliver Lampe | Germany | 54.56 | |
| 23 | 5 | 4 | Miloš Milošević | Croatia | 54.62 | |
| 23 | 8 | 1 | Stefan Aartsen | Netherlands | 54.62 | |
| 25 | 5 | 1 | Vesa Hanski | Finland | 54.73 | |
| 26 | 7 | 8 | Denislav Kalchev | Bulgaria | 54.81 | |
| 27 | 4 | 4 | Derya Büyükuncu | Turkey | 54.89 | |
| 28 | 4 | 2 | Vladan Marković | FR Yugoslavia | 54.90 | |
| 29 | 5 | 2 | Jesús González | Mexico | 54.94 | |
| 30 | 6 | 1 | Diego Perdomo | Colombia | 55.08 | |
| 31 | 5 | 8 | Dan Kutler | Israel | 55.11 | |
| 32 | 3 | 4 | André Teixeira | Brazil | 55.23 | |
| 33 | 4 | 1 | Javier Golovchenko | Uruguay | 55.26 | NR |
| 34 | 5 | 7 | Danyon Loader | New Zealand | 55.39 | |
| 35 | 4 | 8 | Răzvan Petcu | Romania | 55.50 | |
| 36 | 5 | 3 | Peter Mankoč | Slovenia | 55.59 | |
| 37 | 2 | 3 | Rubén Piñeda | El Salvador | 56.01 | |
| 38 | 8 | 7 | José Meolans | Argentina | 56.02 | |
| 39 | 5 | 5 | Andrea Oriana | Italy | 56.04 | |
| 40 | 3 | 3 | Giovanni Linscheer | Suriname | 56.09 | |
| 41 | 3 | 6 | Janko Gojković | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 56.11 | NR |
| 42 | 1 | 4 | Kire Filipovski | Macedonia | 56.13 | NR |
| 43 | 4 | 7 | Georgios Popotas | Greece | 56.16 | |
| 44 | 3 | 1 | Roberto Delgado | Ecuador | 56.29 | NR |
| 45 | 3 | 5 | Anthony Ang | Malaysia | 56.41 | |
| 46 | 3 | 7 | Maxim Cazmirciuc | Moldova | 56.46 | |
| 46 | 4 | 6 | Tamer Hamed | Egypt | 56.46 | |
| 48 | 2 | 4 | Ravil Nachaev | Uzbekistan | 56.61 | |
| 49 | 2 | 6 | Artūrs Jakovļevs | Latvia | 56.62 | |
| 50 | 2 | 1 | Arthur Li Kai Yien | Hong Kong | 56.92 | |
| 51 | 3 | 8 | Patrick Sagisi | Guam | 56.93 | |
| 52 | 1 | 5 | Yang Dae-chul | South Korea | 57.05 | |
| 53 | 2 | 7 | Thum Ping Tjin | Singapore | 57.07 | |
| 54 | 1 | 3 | Mindaugas Bružas | Lithuania | 57.10 | |
| 55 | 2 | 2 | José Isaza | Panama | 57.62 | |
| 56 | 2 | 8 | Alain Sergile | Haiti | 58.23 | |
| 57 | 1 | 6 | Kamal Salman Masud | Pakistan | 58.59 | |
| 58 | 1 | 2 | David Pereyra | Bolivia | 1:01.63 | |
| | 2 | 5 | Salim Iles | Algeria | DNS | |
| | 3 | 2 | Indrek Sei | Estonia | DNS | |
| | 6 | 8 | Martín López-Zubero | Spain | DNS | |

### Finals
#### Final B

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 9 | 3 | James Hickman | Great Britain | 53.23 | |
| 9 | 4 | Mark Henderson | United States | 53.23 | |
| 11 | 5 | Péter Horváth | Hungary | 53.48 | |
| 12 | 2 | Ricardo Busquets | Puerto Rico | 53.65 | NR |
| 13 | 7 | Takashi Yamamoto | Japan | 53.98 | |
| 14 | 6 | Franck Esposito | France | 54.02 | |
| 15 | 1 | Edward Parenti | Canada | 54.19 | |
| 16 | 8 | John Hargis | United States | 54.29 | |

#### Final A

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 5 | Denis Pankratov | Russia | 52.27 | WR |
| | 4 | Scott Miller | Australia | 52.53 | OC |
| | 8 | Vladislav Kulikov | Russia | 53.13 | |
| 4 | 6 | Jiang Chengji | China | 53.20 | AS |
| 5 | 2 | Rafał Szukała | Poland | 53.29 | |
| 6 | 1 | Michael Klim | Australia | 53.30 | |
| 7 | 7 | Stephen Clarke | Canada | 53.33 | |
| 8 | 3 | Pavlo Khnykin | Ukraine | 53.58 | |